so did mears make the decision... no, mears... ..or did home office make the decision?e home office said to mears, "you need to put these asylum seekers in hotels." they gave us the permission to use hotels for covid contingency. no, no — when you say they gave you permission... yeah. ..did you request to put them into hotels? we requested the... yes, we requested to utilise hotels, yes. so the decision to move asylum seekers into hotels came from mears. the home office granted that request. that's correct. it didn't make sense, and that's when we became very suspicious about what was happening to people under the care of mears in the city, because what we thought was a problem sorted was actually now starting to unravel. mears says pressure grew further as more asylum seekers arrived in glasgow looking for housing — housing that mears was unable to provide. where i'm struggling is, you have a billion—pound contract... yeah. ..and yourjob is to provide accommodation... yeah. ..and you're telling me you don't have that accommodation. so if you can't fulfil that contract,

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we have sure we can also govern with expedients from our towns as mears and governors. and now the country previously does have been unable to resolve the tightest problems. you have many scared, he 1st told voters, he's national, lie, some industries redistribute wealth and rewrite the constitution are going to be there. they say castillo will take away your home, your savings, your land, that is completely false. we have to understand that we must put things in order though he stone down his rhetoric. critics don't believe him, they speak to you and his supporters told the election, they won't accept the results. it doesn't go to them. and you know, these people have come here to so hatred, they've come to the campus with machetes to threaten us and we will not allow it to you doesn't have any criminal record. he represents the radical leftist free period party, whose leader convicted for corruption. invited cassie, you to take his place, and now critics are afraid last year will be his subject. the biggest question for many here is what will happen after physical war

laugher�*s reign as olympic champion is over — after he won gold in this event in rio alongside chris mearsbbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. earlier we spoke to matthew richards�*s proud parents, simon and amanda, about how it felt to see him win and how he coped with training during lockdown. amazing, surreal. it really hasn't sunkin amazing, surreal. it really hasn't sunk in yet. it's been a whirlwind, really. just incredible. i'm so pleased for him on the team. last ear, pleased for him on the team. last year. when _ pleased for him on the team. last year, when lockdown happened, we managed _ year, when lockdown happened, we managed to find a glorified paddling pool managed to find a glorified paddling pool it's _ managed to find a glorified paddling pool. it's technically called an overground pool, five metres long, three _ overground pool, five metres long, three metres wide, just over a metre deep~ _ three metres wide, just over a metre deep~ we _ three metres wide, just over a metre deep. we attached a bungee cord to the garage _ deep. we attached a bungee cord to the garage

and so, white meare the definition of american citizen in this aming, and that they must own a gun. so what you see here is that the militia is given this high status in terms of what it means to be able to control a unruly population, what is seen as a dangerous population. nermeen: professor anderson, could -- >> i'm sorry. nermeen: no, please go ahead. >> interestingly enough for me is that we have had shays' rebellion that happened right before the constitutional convention, where white men gathered together to attack the government because they didn't like a taxation policy, and that the militia would not put down these white men. in fact, you had members of the militia joining this rebellion. and you had toave ston merants basically finance a mercenary army to put down shays' rebellion. but what you didn't see coming out of that was a law saying, you know, "white men with arms are dangerous. white men with arms atck the governme. so we need to ban ite men from having access to weapons." you don't see that hapning. but you do see tt happeng th slave revolts. you see the languag

mears said it provided good care and has kept asylum seeker safer from covid in hotels during the pandemicin hotels? we operate three hotels currently in glasgow. there are 230 service users within this hotels.— within this hotels. doesn't sit comfortably _ within this hotels. doesn't sit comfortably with _ within this hotels. doesn't sit comfortably with you - within this hotels. doesn't sit comfortably with you that i within this hotels. doesn't sit i comfortably with you that today, whether they yeah send you put asylum seekers into the hotels, they are still there? ida. asylum seekers into the hotels, they are still there?— are still there? no, i don't want them in hotels. _ are still there? no, i don't want them in hotels. to _ are still there? no, i don't want them in hotels. to expect i are still there? no, i don't want them in hotels. to expect them| are still there? no, i don't want i them in hotels. to expect them to be out by when? — them in hotels. to expect them to be out by when? end _ them in hotels. to expect them to be out by when? end of— them in hotels. to expect them to

well, i'm delighted to say that i'm joined now by chris mears, diving gold medallist in rio.s. you know tom so well, after all those years of trying just how special it is going to be for him to finally have the gold medal? i don't really know — finally have the gold medal? i don't really know how _ finally have the gold medal? i don't really know how to _ finally have the gold medal? i don't really know how to put _ finally have the gold medal? i don't really know how to put into - finally have the gold medal? i don't really know how to put into words l finally have the gold medal? i don't| really know how to put into words to do itjustice. like the instagram post is the bbc did was fantastic with the photo of him with the tears and four on the big games, all of those chances and tries, every time you do in olympic games you are baring your soul, you are showing everybody your life is work. and for that to come off in that wayjust everybody knowing, we are so invested in his life and his career, for him to do that on that day is insane. ~ . , , .. insane. we have seen his ca

rather than just battle through it. joining me now is chris mears, who is an olympic gold medallist,nt through your mind _ on bbc news. no worries. one went through your mind as _ on bbc news. no worries. one went through your mind as you _ on bbc news. no worries. one went through your mind as you saw- on bbc news. no worries. one went through your mind as you saw the i through your mind as you saw the news unfolding, and also hearing what simone had to say? i news unfolding, and also hearing what simone had to say? i related to it very heavily- _ what simone had to say? i related to it very heavily. it _ what simone had to say? i related to it very heavily. it really _ what simone had to say? i related to it very heavily. it really resonated . it very heavily. it really resonated with me. and i think, for me, i can't say that i know what it feels like to be that in the public eye, but i can tell you what it feels like after winning at an olympic games and not knowing exactly how to feel, and come you know, there is no book that tells you how you are supposed to process these emotio